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W. S. GARR, Deod.v

C. E. CARR. executrix, and G. D. SCOTT, executor.

VALVE FOR WATER LOSBT GISTBRNS.

No. 252,734. Patented'Jan. 24,1882.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARA E. CARR AND GEORGE D. SCOTT, OF NEW YORK, Y., EXECUTRIX AND EXECUTOR OF WILLIAM S. CARR, DECEASED.

VALVE FOR WATER-CLOSET CISTERNS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,734, dated January 24, l1882.

Application filed October 22, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that WILLIAM S. CARR, late of the city and State of New Yoi k, deceased, did invent an Improvement in Valves for Water- Closet Cisterns, of wahich the following is a specification.

Valves have been made for cisterns in which a pull is used to lift the valve and allow the water to ll a small auxiliary cistern or servicevIo box, and when the pull is relieved the valve drops, closing' the passage to the service-box and opening the passage to the closet. ln these cases a separate air-pipe is usually required above the service box for allowing air to pass into such service-box as the water passes out. The said invention is made for simplifying the construction of the'valve and combining therewith the air-pipe, so as not to require any separate connection and this invention is 2: specially adapted to hopper-closets. with depressing seats. l

In the. drawings, Figure l is a vertical section ot' the said cisteru-valvc and part of the air-pipe, and Fig. 2 is a plan at the line a: 00. z5 Part ofthe bottom ot" the cistern is shown at y a and part of the serv ice-box at l). YThis service-box is of ordinary size and shape. It is often made as a casting and bolted to the nnder side of the cistern.

The tube o, with a tlange, d, is used for connccting theservice-box to thecistern in place of bolts, as heretofore. This tubec passes through both top and bottom of the service-box, and a nut,e,servestoclampthepartstogether. There should be washers between the surfaces to ren! der the parts watertight. The pipe-f, that leads to the water-closet, is coupled to thelowe'r end ofthe pipe c, or to the nut e, by a swell or globular coupling. The portion of the tube c 4o that is within the service-box is slotted to allow the water to pass into and out ofthe service-box, and the interior of said tube is bored out smooth. The tube l slides within the tube o, being guided thereby, and it is to extend up as high as the level of the water in the cistrrn, and serves as an air-tube to the service-box,

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and it may also act as an overtlow-pipe to the cistern.

Around the tube l there is a valve, n1, with a washer or elastic face, that rests upon a valve- .5o seat formed by the flange d at the upper end of the tube Within the cylinder or tube c the tube lis slotted, and its lowe-r end is closed to form a stopper or valve, n.

The wire 0 is connected to a lever, and by 55 wires or chains either to the pull ofthe closet or to the seat, so that the wire o is lifted by the depression ofthe seat ofthe water-closet or 5 by operating the pull. This wire ois attached to the crosspin @,and when the seat isdepressed 6o or the pull operated the tube lis raised into the po`ition shown by dotted lines. The water from the cistern passes freely into the servicebox by going through the slotted portion of said tube l, and the air escapes from the service-box upwardly through the tubel. While the seat is depressed the stopper n prevents the water rushing to the closet and being wasted, because such stopper is drawn up intothe unslotted lower portion ofthe tube o; but as soon 7o as the tube lis allowed to fall the valve m closes the further inlet of water from the cistern to the service-box, and the slotted portion ofthe tube l, passing below the lower end ot' the tube o, allows the water to run from the service-box into the closet, the upper part of the tube l still acting as an air-pipe to the service-box.

What is claimed as the invention oi' the said WILLIAM S. CARR is- The slotted tube c, passing through the serv- 8o ice-box and forming a valve-seat at its upper end, in combination with the tube. l, valve m, and stopper n, the tube l being slotted below the valve and above the stopper, substantially as and for thel purposes set t'orth. 85

Signed by us this 21stday of December, A. D. 1880.

-CLARA E. CARR, Execatrt'x. GEORGE D. SCOTT, Elevator. t'nessrsz WILLIAM G. Mo'r'r, HAROLD SERRELL. 

